K-bentonites in the Argentine Precordillera contemporaneous with rhyolite volcanism in the Famatinian Arc

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 747-756

  Fanning, C M ^a   Pankhurst, R J ^b   Rapela, C W ^c   Baldo, E G ^d   Casquet, C ^e   Galindo, C ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Ordovician; SHRIMP; Terranes; U Pb

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

EID: 4344575329     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-130     Document Type: Article

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